The FEI European Championships Windsor 2009 - Dressage saw more maximum 10 marks given by the judges than ever before.
There was feverish hype around Edward Gal’s ‘wonder horse’ Moorlands Totilas and the 9 year old did not let anyone down. He scored 32 maximum 10 marks in the Special and still lost to Adelinde Cornelissen and Parzival and then broke the record in the Kür with a score of 90.75%!
In the team competition The Netherlands were always going to be too strong for the rest but the host nation were in ecstasy after GB secured team Silver ahead of the Germans and their top rider Laura Bechtolsheimer and Mistral Hojris grabbed a dramatic Bronze in the Special.
A wonderful competition, the highlights of the team are captured in a 52 minute program and the 2 individual competitions are captured in a 70 minute program, which includes the top 3 riders from the Special.
RESULTS:
Team:
Gold Netherlands
Silver Great Britain
Bronze Germany
Individuals:
Grand Prix Special
Gold Parzival Adelinde Cornelissen NED
Silver Moorlands Totilas Edward Gal NED
Bronze Mistral Hojris Laura Bechtolsheimer GBR
Grand Prix Freestyle
Gold Moorlands Totilas Edward Gal NED
Silver Parzival Adelinde Cornelissen NED
Bronze Salinero Anky van Grunsven NED
122 mins. |